Downtown NOLA Hotel Evacuated As Part Of Bomb Threat

Downtown NOLA Hotel Evacuated As Part Of Bomb Threat

Late Friday afternoon, nearly 3,000 people were forced to evacuate from the Marriott Hotel on Canal Street after police received a telephoned bomb threat.

Police say the evacuation was a precaution while the threat was investigated.

One guest said hotel workers went from room to room, frantically knocking on doors and telling guests to get out of the building.

“When I opened the door wondering what’s going on they said you need to be evacuated; there’s a bomb threat,” the guest said. “[It was] A little nerve-racking, especially since we were seeing on the news, watching the Boston unfoldings today. So it was a little bit weird.”

Police determined there was no threat and guest were allowed back to their rooms in less than an hour.